1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 19, 9:50 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
950 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006
.DISCUSSION...
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NW PORTIONS OF AREA.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO PRESENT SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS
SOME OF THIS AREA. SHOWER ACTIVITY REMAINING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUS FAR REMAINING PORTIONS. OVERALL TREND LOOKS TO BE INCREASING
RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. RETAIN HIGH POPS AND MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN WITH
FLOOD WATCH BASICALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...PRETTY
MUCH THE CUTOFF POINT FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TOTAL THUS FAR
THIS WEEKEND. KEEPING OVERNIGHT TEMPS NEAR STEADY...POSSIBLE SLOW
RISES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AS WARM FRONT POISED JUST SOUTH OF
THE AREA.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 52 70 44 61 / 70 70 20 0
MLU 51 66 46 63 / 70 80 30 0
DEQ 45 61 38 55 / 100 50 20 0
TXK 48 64 43 58 / 100 50 20 0
ELD 49 64 42 60 / 100 80 30 0
TYR 51 74 41 60 / 90 50 10 0
GGG 51 73 42 61 / 90 50 10 0
LFK 59 77 43 67 / 70 50 10 0
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE
RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER...AND UNION AR.
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BOSSIER...CADDO...CLAIBORNE...UNION LA...AND WEBSTER.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: AND
MCCURTAIN.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...MARION...
MORRIS...RED RIVER...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR...AND WOOD.
&&
VIIHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-201200- ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD- HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION- MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA- PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX- SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR- WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD- 1200 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST...AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA...AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON COULD ALSO BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...A WARM FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE NORTH INTO LOWER EAST TEXAS AND THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...WHICH COULD ENHANCE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...A LARGE COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL TEXAS...AND TRANSLATE EAST INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THOSE STORMS LATE TONIGHT MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY MORNING...FOR AN EXPECTED ONGOING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT...PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE REGION. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO EXIT SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AROUND MIDDAY. HOWEVER...THE WEST TEXAS DRYLINE WILL SURGE EAST INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS MONDAY MORNING...ENTERING SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON DURING PEAK HEATING...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. THESE STORMS WILL EXIT THE AREA EARLY MONDAY EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 22
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 172 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Scatter Creek flooding over FM 909. Cut Hand Creek flooding over FM 1487. Mustang Creek flooding over FM 410. All roads were closed for a period of time.
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